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NBA free agents: 2009 class (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:39:00 PDT

Team-by-team list of NBA free agents.

Updated odds to win 2010 championship following Draft, trades (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:05:25 PDT

Bodog's odds to win the 2009-10 NBA Championship have been reassessed and posted following last week's...

Suicide lines: Grizzlies try Randolph; Nuggets start on Birdman ... (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:18 PDT

Every weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your...

Clippers extend qualifying offer to Novak (AP)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:29:39 PDT

The Clippers have extended a qualifying offer to forward Steve Novak, making him a restricted free agent. Los Angeles also announced Tuesday that guard Ricky Davis has exercised his contract option for the 2009-10 season and forward Brian Skinner has decided not to exercise his option for the upcoming season, which makes him an unrestricted free agent.

Suicide lines: Bosh, Boozer, Millsap, Ariza and more ... (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:33 PDT

Every weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your fresh...

Clippers welcome top pick Griffin (PA SportsTicker)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:48:34 PDT

Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy had no doubts who his team would take when they won the draft lottery in May.

2009 NBA Draft: Best and worst dressed (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:00:00 PDT

The 2009 NBA Draft's stage was filled with sharp, conservative suits, black baseball caps and a lots of...

Casspi 1st Israeli taken in 1st round of NBA draft (AP)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:13:04 PDT

The news of Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi's selection in the NBA draft set off a major celebration in his home country. Casspi, a 2.06-meter (6-foot-9), 20-year-old forward with Maccabi Tel Aviv, was taken by the Sacramento Kings with the 23rd pick in draft on Thursday night. It's the first time an Israeli has been selected in the first round of the draft and guarantees Casspi a...

Clippers take Griffin with No. 1 pick in NBA draft (AP)

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:02:11 PDT

On a draft day that felt like the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers never considered a deal. Not when they were the ones who could take Blake Griffin. Following a flurry of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Clippers started Thursday night's draft with the obvious choice: Griffin, the only player considered a sure thing in a class full of question marks.

Clippers take Blake Griffin as No. 1 pick in draft (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:37:03 PDT

Blake Griffin is definitely still learning as he takes his initial steps from college to the NBA. And that includes what to wear. Griffin took the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden on Thursday night as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, having been selected by the Los Angeles Clippers. But the player with all eyes on him had accented his black suit and tie with a purple shirt.

Like fathers, like sons in NBA draft (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:30:55 PDT

There must be something about basketball bloodlines. Three players whose fathers played in the NBA were chosen in the top 15 picks of the draft Thursday night. Stephen Curry, whose father Dell played in the league for 16 seasons, was taken with the seventh pick by Golden State. The nation's leading scorer last season as a junior at Davidson with a 28.6 average, Curry led the Wildcats within a...

Durant, Rose, Griffin expected at USA minicamp (AP)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:22:48 PDT

Kevin Durant, rookie of the year Derrick Rose and college player of the year Blake Griffin are among the 25 players who have accepted invitations to participate in the USA Basketball national team minicamp. The roster of players was announced Thursday in Las Vegas, where the Americans will train from July 22-25.

The Ball Don't Lie/SB Nation 2009 NBA Mock Draft recap (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:05:00 PDT

Ball Don't Lie combined with SB Nation (and a few others) to put together this epic 2009 Mock Draft.

The best and worst NBA draft picks (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:00 PDT

With millions at stake, the line between boom and bust can be razor thin.

Video: Blake Griffin plays Jared in H-O-R- um, S-U-B-W-A-Y (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:30:14 PDT

In a shocking turn of events Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Clippers announced that they will pass on...

For Griffin and Clips, history isn't on their side (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:18:00 PDT

From Danny Ferry to Michael Olowokandi, the Clippers' draft history has been far more bust than boom.

Griffin confident he can turn around Clippers (PA SportsTicker)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:47:23 PDT

By RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer

Draft looks as fluid as ever (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:48:00 PDT

Grizzlies' decision at No. 2 will help shape the draft: Take Hasheem Thabeet, Ricky Rubio or trade the pick.

Clippers remain intent on keeping No. 1 draft pick (AP)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:54:38 PDT

The Clippers remain intent on keeping the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, and they're expected to make Oklahoma's Blake Griffin the top selection. "The pick's not going anywhere," assistant general manager Neil Olshey said Monday. Coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said he hasn't spoken to anyone seriously about trading the pick in more than two weeks.

BDL 2009 NBA Mock Draft: Pick No. 1, Clippers (Yahoo! Sports)

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:30:48 PDT

With the NBA Draft just a few days away, Ball Don't Lie has decided to weigh in with its own 2009 Mock...

Thabeet cites shoulder in canceling workout (AP)

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:30:38 PDT

Hasheem Thabeet canceled a pre-draft workout with the Grizzlies on Sunday citing a shoulder injury, but he also had plans to talk to other teams. "Thabeet was a combination of he's had some shoulder situations and he wanted to talk to some other teams," Grizzlies general manager Chris Wallace said of the 7-foot-3 center out of Connecticut.

Clippers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:50:31 PDT

According to a recent report made by wagesofwins.com, Los Angeles Clippers forward Al Thornton was the least productive player in the NBA last season by a fairly comfortable margin.

The report, which ranks the bottom 10 percent players in the league in terms of wins produced by using statistics like games played, games started, and minutes played, determined that Thornton "produced" -2.88 wins for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008-2009.

Thornton played in 71 games with 67 starts, and compiled 2.654 minutes on the court to place him -.18 wins ahead of Dallas' Antoine Wright and -.40 wins in front of Minnesota's/Sacramento's Bobby Brown.

Other Clippers who made this dubious list were Ricky Davis (7th, still with the team), Tim Thomas (11th, no longer with the...

Indictment: Ex-NBA player tipped off drug kingpin (AP)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:29:38 PDT

Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson passed along a tip from a police officer friend that federal agents were about to raid the home his half-sister shared with a drug kingpin, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Richardson, 43, is not charged in the indictment, which accuses only the Philadelphia detective with criminal wrongdoing.

Suicide lines: Love tweets McHale out, Ben Gordon, Shaq ... (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:40:52 PDT

Every weekday morning, Ball Don't Lie serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your greasy...

Cavs' eyeing Detroit's Rasheed Wallace? (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:45:35 PDT

Rumor has it the Cleveland Cavaliers are looking for big men. A report from Slam Magazine, a New York-based...